HONDA E BECOMES FIRST JAPANESE VEHICLE TO WIN ‘GERMAN CAR OF THE YEAR’; ADDS TO GROWING TALLY OF GLOBAL ACCOLADES

• Honda e also tops ‘New Energy’ class of the prestigious German awards
• Most recent earn follows Europe-broad achievements which includes recognition from Purple Dot Design and style Award, Autocar magazine (Uk) and News Intercontinental (Uk)
• Honda’s compact EV also nominated for Car of the Calendar year 2021 in Hungary and Denmark
• Awards endorse Honda’s commitment to creating state-of-the-art and beautiful solutions, created without the need of compromise

Honda’s initial battery electric auto for Europe, the Honda e, has been named ‘German Car of the Calendar year 2021’ in the country’s prestigious annual Car of the Calendar year Awards, becoming the initial auto from a Japanese brand name to do so. The car also gained in the ‘New Energy’ class.

This is the latest in a sequence of prestigious accolades to be presented to the Honda e since its start in Spring 2020, which includes the top honour in the Purple Dot Design and style Awards.

The German Car of the Calendar year awards are decided by a jury of top German car journalists. The panel exams and opinions the latest vehicles, rating them according to their usability, driving attributes, sector relevance and amount of innovation. The winners of 5 categories – Compact, High quality, Luxury, New Vitality and Efficiency – then go head-to-head to choose an general winner.

“For Honda e to be the initial Japanese car to be awarded German Car of the Calendar year is a good honour and one we are very happy to receive”, added Katsuhisa Okuda, CO & President of Honda Motor Europe. “Customer and media reaction to the Honda e since it was initial unveiled has been overwhelmingly favourable. The Honda e is a fantastic instance of a product with a special design, featuring cutting-edge know-how and state-of-the-art smart connectivity to preserve house owners linked with their day-to-day lifestyle. We are pretty grateful for this award.”

“Honda e represents a new kind of mobility in which the car performs a central job in creating a “seamless connection” amongst different sides of lifestyle.”  commented Tomofumi Ichinose, Honda e Huge Challenge Leader.

“Honda e was also developed to be the greatest urban commuter in reaction to environmental troubles, especially in metropolis places. Development of Honda e was a significant problem, having said that at the very same time, it was pleasurable to imagine a beautiful and brighter long run in which Honda e performs its component. Group members and I are delighted to acquire this award, a recognition that the vision this car represents has benefit.”

This latest award for the Honda e follows notable achievements and recognition from throughout Europe. In the Uk, the Honda e triumphed in Autocar’s ‘Britain’s Finest Car’ Awards 2020 in the ‘Best Car Tech’ class, and it was not too long ago named ‘City / Compact Car of the Year’ in the News Intercontinental Motor Awards 2020.

In Germany, the Honda e has also added a EuroCarBody 2020 award from Automotive Circle to its German Car of the Calendar year title, just months immediately after getting two prestigious Purple Dot awards for remarkable design, which includes top ‘Best of the Finest 2020’ honours. The Honda e has since been on screen at the planet-renowned Purple Dot Design and style Museum in Essen, Germany.

In Belgium, Honda’s urban electric supermini has been nominated for an Autogid Journal award, in the ‘Electric Small’ class, and is also in the managing for ‘Hungarian Car of the Year’, immediately after currently being named the ‘Most Interesting Novelty/New Car’ by Vezess.hu final year. Elsewhere in Europe, the Honda e has been nominated in Spain’s Axel Springer Motor Awards in the ‘small cars’ class and in Italy it is in the managing to be named Quattroruote’s ‘Car of the Year’. Meanwhile in Denmark, the car has been shortlisted for Denmark Car of the Calendar year 2021.

The Honda e was introduced earlier this year and is an significant product in Honda’s commitment to electrify one hundred{ed0b873b90f1b87a4f3b347f1646a477c6eee9bccb9dcbe5ac9cb67a3d16495a} of its European mainstream types by 2022. Environment new benchmarks for modern day car design and state-of-the-art e-mobility, the Honda e has been created without the need of compromise with a aim on functionality and usability. It functions a seamless, smooth and fashionable look, with cutting-edge know-how and state-of-the-art smart connectivity to preserve house owners in sync with day-to-day lifestyle.

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